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  • Page 1 Integral Technologies disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Integral Technologies makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Integral Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction..................1 About the DVX 1000 Series..................2 What This Manual Covers ..................3 Precautions....................... 4 Installation................... 5 Installing DVX 1000 ....................6 Running the MasterControl Application ..............8 Accessing the MasterControl Database ..............9 Changing the SQL Server Password..............10 Getting Familiar with MasterControl ..........
  • Page 4 Introduction to DVX 1000 Plug-ins ............... 112 DVXMonitor Plug-in ....................113 MotionAlarm Plug-in ..................... 116 DVXNotify Plug-in ....................119 Introduction to DVX 1000 Utilities................. 125 The Setup Utility ....................126 Appendix B: Synchronizing DVX 1000 Clocks ......127 Appendix C: Technical Support and Certifications ..... 129...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing a DVX 1000 digital event recorder, a high-tech monitoring and recording solution to cover all your security needs. This chapter introduces you to your DVX 1000 system and the structure of this manual. Included in this chapter are the following: •...

  • Page 6: About The Dvx 1000 Series

    ABOUT THE DVX 1000 SERIES The DVX 1000 digital event recorder is a high-tech monitoring and recording solu- tion that covers all your security needs. The following products are the heart of the DVX 1000 package: • The DVX 1000 box captures and compresses video for digital display from up to 32 cameras for safe storage and easy access.

  • Page 7: What This Manual Covers

    • Appendix C: Technical Support and Warranty Information If you require further assistance with your DVX 1000 system than this manual offers, please refer to the technical support information available in Appendix C.

  • Page 8: Precautions

    Caution Caution Caution Caution the DVX 1000 system. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Re- fer servicing to qualified personnel only. LITHIUM BATTERY—DANGER The battery should be replaced only by a service technician. The battery is a non-operator-replaceable cell. There is danger of explo-...
  • Page 9 Ins t t t t t allation allation allation allation allation The installation of your DVX 1000 system consists of connecting the box to its peripheral equipment (monitor, mouse, and so on). This chapter contains specific instructions for the following: • Installing DVX 1000 •...
  • Page 10 10. For international use, set the input voltage switch (L) to 230V. 11. Plug the power cord into an electrical outlet. 12. To provide power to the DVX 1000 box, use the power switch on the rear panel (M). 13. To turn on the DVX 1000 system, use the power switches on the front panel of the box and on the monitor.

  • Page 11: Installation

    INPUT 13 Figure 1 The rear panel of a DVX 1000 16-input system and a 4-input system. A 9-input system appears identical to a 16-input system, except that it contains fewer camera input connectors (J). REAR PANEL OF DVX 1000 4-INPUT SYSTEM...

  • Page 12: Installing Dvx 1000

    Connect the 26-pin connector of the XMUX2 Cable (R) to I/O Port on XMUX2-32 (P). 10. (Optional) Wire the alarms to the trigger block on DVX 1000 (H) and on XMUX2-32 (N). Connect only to voltages below 42V DC; external de- vices connected to the DVX 1000 system should be in a SELV, non-en- ergy hazardous circuit.
  • Page 13 REAR PANEL OF DVX 1000 XM SYSTEM REAR PANEL OF XMUX2-32 Aux1 Aux3 Outputs Alarm Inputs I/O Port 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Aux2 Aux4 XMUX2 CABLE Figure 2 The rear panel of a DVXe XM system and XMUX2-32 unit, along with the XMUX2 cable.

  • Page 14: Running The Mastercontrol Application

    RUNNING THE MASTERCONTROL APPLICATION When you turn on the DVX 1000 system for the first time, MasterControl auto- matically runs (you can also manually run the application from Start, Programs, and MasterControl). When you see the Enter Password window, enter “adminis- trator”...

  • Page 15: Accessing The Mastercontrol Database

    ACCESSING THE MASTERCONTROL DATABASE Only Windows users with Administrator permissions can operate MasterControl initially; all other users see an error when they try to start the application. How- ever, Windows users without Administrator permissions can be added manually to the list of valid MasterControl users. To grant a non-Administrator Windows user access to the MasterControl database, complete the following steps while logged on to Windows with Administrator permissions: From the C:\Program Files\Integral\MasterControl directory, run...

  • Page 16: Changing The Sql Server Password

    CHANGING THE SQL SERVER PASSWORD The default password for the “sa” account, which is used to access SQL Server, is “letmein.” If you need to change the “sa” account password for any reason, com- plete the following steps while logged on to Windows with Administrator permis- sions: From the C:\Program Files\Integral\MasterControl directory, run ManageMCDB.EXE.

  • Page 17: Getting Familiar With Mastercontrol

    Getting F Getting F amiliar with amiliar with Getting F amiliar with amiliar with Getting F Getting F amiliar with Mas t t t t t erContr erContr erContr ol ol ol ol ol erContr erContr The MasterControl screen provides an easy way to navigate the program’s many features.

  • Page 18: Overview Of The Mastercontrol Screen

    OVERVIEW OF THE MASTERCONTROL SCREEN The MasterControl screen is divided into three sections (see Figure 4): • At the top of the MasterControl screen is a row of function buttons that allow you to switch to each function so that you can easily set up or change configurations and schedules, perform video searches, or moni- tor camera inputs.

  • Page 19: The Function Buttons

    THE FUNCTION BUTTONS The six buttons found at the top of the MasterControl screen are your links to the following pages: The Monitor page is the primary way to monitor connected cameras. You can view live video from user-selectable groups of cameras. The Schedule page allows you to control how and when video is recorded from each camera input.

  • Page 20: The Status Bar

    The narrow status bar at the bottom of the MasterControl screen (see Figure 5) contains the following information: • The current date and time. See Appendix B, “Synchronizing DVX 1000 Clocks,” for important information about maintaining the current date and time on your DVX Note 1000 system.

  • Page 21: Mastercontrol Configuration

    Mas t t t t t erContr erContr erContr ol Configur ol Configur ation ation erContr ol Configur ol Configur ation ation erContr ol Configur ation This chapter provides information about the maintenance and administration of MasterControl as you prepare it for its daily operation. In this chapter the following topics are discussed: •...

  • Page 22: About The Setup Page

    This chapter covers all functions controled on the Setup page. Only users with Administrator and Supervisor permissions can access the Setup page. The Setup page is also unavailable if a RemoteView user is connected to the DVX 1000 sys- tem with Administrator permission.

  • Page 23: Adjusting The Video Display

    ADJUSTING THE VIDEO DISPLAY To adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation of the displayed video, go to the Setup page and choose the Display tab (see Figure 6). First select a camera input button from the bottom of the screen, and then adjust the slider bar for each setting.

  • Page 24: Configuring Hardware

    Values. To deselect camera inputs, click Select None. The Hardware tab is also where you tell MasterControl whether you are using the DVX 1000 system in a country that has adopted the NTSC or PAL video standard and resolution. Generally, countries in the Western Hemisphere (including those in North America and South America and United States territories) use the NTSC standard;...
  • Page 25 Figure 7 The Hardware tab allows you to configure DVX 1000 to capture video at various frame rates and image sizes. You can also configure prealarm and postalarm recording. The Max Framerate on Alarm and Max Framerate on Motion options cause MasterControl to automatically record at the fastest possible frame rate during alarm and motion events.

  • Page 26: Important Note About Day/Night (Autoswitching) Cameras

    RESCANNING FOR CAMERAS Any time you connect cameras to DVX 1000, you must inform MasterControl by clicking the Camera Detection button on the Hardware tab. When the Camera De- tection window appears (see Figure 8), select the input number for the new camera and click Accept.

  • Page 27: Naming Cameras

    Figure 8 The Camera Detection button calls up the Camera Detection window. Use this window to inform MasterControl of newly connected cameras. NAMING CAMERAS To name a camera, go to the Setup page (it doesn’t matter which tab is selected). Under the view screen is the name of the currently selected camera.

  • Page 28: Configuring Disk Usage

    Disk tab (see Figure 10). By default, MasterControl records to all hard drives in the DVX 1000 system—except for the system drive. On the Disk tab, each disk drive is represented by a blue bar that indicates how much of the disk is full.

  • Page 29: Defining Mastercontrol Users

    11). Following are the four types of user permissions available: • Administrator—has full access to DVX 1000 features. • Supervisor—has full access to DVX 1000 features except for user ad- ministration, remote administration, and RemoteView Server. • User—can access only the Monitor, Search, and Help pages. A User also cannot exit MasterControl.
  • Page 30 User Name drop-down list, make the change, and click the Update button. MasterControl allows you to log in as a different user without having to exit. To do this, click the Integral Technologies button in the up- per-left corner of the screen and click Logon. This is useful if you are operating with User permission (recommended) and you need to exit MasterControl or change information on the Setup page.
  • Page 31 SELECTIVE CAMERA AVAILABILITY The following tabs on the Users tab restrict which cameras can be viewed by a user: • All—selects cameras that the user can view live and recorded video from and control its PTZ functions • Live—selects cameras that the user can view live video from •...
  • Page 32 SECURITY FEATURES It is recommended that you do not use your DVX 1000 system for anything other than operating the MasterControl software. Wandering to other parts of the sys- tem could damage its intended functionality, so do this at your own risk.
  • Page 33 Restrictions or groups marked in the Restrictions window with a pound sign (#) apply only while MasterControl is active. Restrictions Note marked with a caret (^) require a restart of the DVX 1000 system be- fore they are applied. •...
  • Page 34 • Start Menu Security—contains the following restrictions: • Hide Run Menu—removes the Run option from the Start menu. • Hide Windows Update Menu—removes the Windows Update option from the Start menu. • Hide User Folders—removes folders added by a user to the Start menu.

  • Page 35: Configuring Motion Detection

    Registry tools. Each security option has individual benefits. However, you can best ensure that users don’t access other parts of the DVX 1000 system by choosing the highest level of security. The highest level of security requires the following configura- tion: •...

  • Page 36: Understanding Motion Detection

    UNDERSTANDING MOTION DETECTION You can configure MasterControl to recognize various levels and types of motion by going to the Setup page and clicking the Motion tab. For example, you can adjust the camera’s sensitivity to motion, configure MasterControl to ignore subtle changes in light level, or create a motion mask to identify areas of the video display in which motion should not trigger recording.
  • Page 37 from black to white would be a change of 10000, or 100%. This comparison is performed for all 330 blocks in the frames. The total num- ber of blocks that have changed is counted and used with the Percentage Area setting, as described in the following section. PERCENTAGE AREA The final step in motion detection is to compare the number of blocks that have changed (as determined in the previous step) to the threshold com-...
  • Page 38 CREATING MOTION MASKS A motion mask can help you reduce unwanted recording by causing MasterControl to ignore motion events that occur in certain portions of an image. For example, if you have a camera at a front entrance that happens to capture the receptionist’s desk, you might not want to record all of the receptionist’s movements if they don’t present a security risk—because the images would consume valuable disk space for storage.
  • Page 39 To erase portions of the mask, click on an area with a blue box in it and drag the cursor to wherever the mask should be eliminated. To eliminate a motion mask, click the Clear Mask button. The changes are applied automatically. For the mask to apply to recording, you must record in Motion mode;...

  • Page 40: Assigning Cameras To Alarms

    ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO ALARMS Sixteen alarm inputs are available on DVX 1000 systems. The Alarms tab on the Setup page allows you to associate cameras with alarms and set up what should happen when trigger events occur. To name an alarm input, select it from the Alarm drop-down list. By default, alarm input names are based on the alarm input number.
  • Page 41 To assign cameras to alarms, complete the following steps using Figure 14 as a guide: Choose an alarm from the Alarm drop-down list. Choose up to four cameras that should begin recording when the cho- sen alarm is activated. You can choose each camera from the drop-down lists in the Assigned Cameras area.
  • Page 42 ALARM SCHEDULING The Alarms tab allows special scheduling of alarm recording. If you leave the Al- ways On checkbox selected, an alarm on the input will always trigger recording on the specified cameras regardless of the schedule you create on the Schedule page (see “Setting a Recording Schedule”...

  • Page 43: Video Outputs And Touring

    VIDEO OUTPUT AND TOURING The Outputs tab (see Figure 15) allows you to designate which cameras are dis- played on the output to an external monitor and to configure tours. In the Output Assignment area of the Outputs tab, select one of the following choices for the output from its drop-down list: •...
  • Page 44 • Not Connected—indicates that no monitor is connected to this output and disables touring. It is important that you select this option if there is no monitor connected to the output. See “Viewing Live Video on the Monitor Page” in the “MasterControl Operation” chapter for more information about manually controlling the video displayed on external monitors.

  • Page 45: Configuring Multi-Camera Output

    CONFIGURING MULTI-CAMERA OUTPUT The MultiOut tab (see Figure 16) allows you to configure the multi-camera video output available on all DVX 1000 systems. Six multi-camera configurations can be displayed on external monitors: 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 7-camera, 10-camera, and 13-camera (along with a single-camera option). Multiple views can exist for each of the con- figurations.

  • Page 46: Configuring Onscreen Display On Video Outputs

    All of the multi-camera views configured on the MultiOut tab are avail- able on the Output 1 drop-down list on the Monitor page’s Outputs Note tab. See the “MasterControl Operation” chapter for more informa- tion. CONFIGURING ONSCREEN DISPLAY ON VIDEO OUTPUTS The OSD tab (see Figure 17) allows you to control the text on an external monitor’s onscreen display (not available when displaying video from a single camera).
  • Page 47 To change a text location, perform the following steps on the OSD tab (not avail- able while recording): Choose a camera from the Camera Select drop-down list. In the OSD Enable area, click the information that you want displayed. Each item is represented by a color as follows: Camera Name, green; Date, blue;...

  • Page 48: Archiving

    ARCHIVING The MasterControl archiving utility allows you to store video to storage devices accessible over a network connection. Archiving extends MasterControl’s video storage space almost infinitely and can provide a permanent record of captured video. The archiving utility is accessible via a tab on the Setup page, which includes options such as automatic and manual archiving.
  • Page 49 The rest of the Archive tab controls the actual archiving process. There are two types of archiving procedures: • Auto Archive—automatically archives captured video at a preset time every day. • Manual Archive—archives on demand all video captured during any specified period.
  • Page 50 AUTO ARCHIVING To automatically archive captured video at a preset time every day, complete the following steps: If the drive has never been used for MasterControl archiving, you must format it by selecting its row (not just its checkbox) and clicking Format. A drive is already formatted if a name is listed in the Archive Name col- umn.
  • Page 51 The Status box contains current archiving procedure information. It is recommended that you do not perform both auto and manual archiving on the same DVX 1000 system. If you archive files manu- Note ally, they will not be included in the next auto archiving session.
  • Page 52 CONFIGURING LOGICAL DRIVES FOR ARCHIVING To configure a logical drive for archiving, you must first map the drive. To do this, right-click the Utilties icon in the MasterControl icon tray and select Setup. On the Drives tab, click Add, select an unused drive letter, enter the network path to the drive, and enter any username or password required to access the drive (see Figure 19).
  • Page 53 You can perform manual archiving at any time except during an auto archiving session. • When video is archived, it still remains on the DVX 1000 disk until re- corded over when MasterControl reaches its disk threshold. • You can prevent MasterControl from recording over data that has not yet been archived by selecting the Don’t Delete Unarchived Data option...

  • Page 54: Configuring Ptz Cameras

    CONFIGURING PTZ CAMERAS The PTZ tab (see Figure 20) allows you to select PTZ camera types and presets. To configure a PTZ camera, complete the following steps: On the Setup page, select the PTZ tab. Click the checkbox of the PTZ camera in the Camera Name column. Select the Camera Type from the drop-down list in the Camera Settings area.
  • Page 55 CONFIGURING PTZ PRESET PATTERNS The PTZ tab allows you to configure a PTZ camera to cycle through a series of preset camera views. Up to six presets can be included in the pattern; the presets are configured on the PTZ Settings tab on the Monitor page. To configure a PTZ pattern, complete the following steps on the PTZ tab: Select a camera from the camera list.

  • Page 56: Remoteview Server Settings

    The RemoteView Server icon in the MasterControl icon tray allows you to discon- nect users that are logged on to the DVX 1000 system using RemoteView. To do this, right-click on this icon and select either Drop Remote Administrator or Drop All Connected Users from the pop-up menu.

  • Page 57: Mastercontrol Operation

    Mas t t t t t erContr erContr erContr ol Oper ol Oper ation ation erContr ol Oper ol Oper ation ation erContr ol Oper ation This chapter contains detailed information about the daily operation of the MasterControl software. The following topics are discussed: •...

  • Page 58: Viewing Live Video On The Monitor Page

    VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ON THE MONITOR PAGE MasterControl automatically opens to the Monitor page, your window to the live video displayed by each camera (see Figure 22). The Monitor page contains one or more video windows, with buttons for individual camera inputs listed along the right side.
  • Page 59 If there are more camera inputs than available video windows on the Monitor page, camera inputs are organized on multiple pages. For example, in 2×2 mode, four windows are displayed at a time. To see the remaining camera inputs, click the left and right arrows on the Main tab.
  • Page 60 Cameras can be arranged in any combination. The camera arrangement selected in one window configuration (2×2, 3×3, and such) has no effect on the camera ar- rangement selected in the other modes. During recording, each view screen is surrounded by a border that lights up in the appropriate color when the camera is recording a mo- tion or alarm event or when recording in Free mode.
  • Page 61 Figure 23 The Outputs tab allows you to manually select a camera for display on an external monitor. The example on the right shows the output used as a multi-camera output. To run a tour on the output, click the tour button below the output’s button. To stop the tour, click the button again.
  • Page 62 Buttons A–F allow you to configure six presets for each camera. The preset can force the camera to point in the configured direction or perform a manufacturer’s preset function. To configure a preset, complete one of the following procedures: • To configure a preset button to point a camera in a specific direction, use the joystick to point the camera, right-click the preset button, and select Set Preset.
  • Page 63 If you install a mouse with a wheel control, you can wheel foward to zoom in and wheel backward to zoom out. You can also make any type of mouse function like a joystick by hold- ing the Ctrl key and clicking once on the center joystick. You can then move the mouse (without clicking) to point the camera.

  • Page 64: Selecting Recording Modes

    SELECTING RECORDING MODES There are three types of recording modes. On the Schedule page, each mode is associated with a color to help you set up and visualize the schedule. Following are the three types of recording modes (and their associated colors): •...

  • Page 65: Setting A Recording Schedule

    This procedure is described in the next section, followed by instructions for quickly setting simple, default, and custom schedules. Figure 27 The Schedule page allows you to create recording schedules for all the cameras in your DVX 1000 system.
  • Page 66 DRAWING SCHEDULE BOXES To draw a schedule box, complete the following steps on the Schedule page: Find your starting time on the timeline and move straight down to the schedule bar of the appropriate camera. Click and drag until the box that appears extends to the desired stopping time.
  • Page 67 QUICK SETUP FOR SIMPLE SCHEDULES The three color-coded buttons (Motion, Alarm, and Free) in the Select Mode area allow you to quickly set up all cameras to record in the same mode. To do this, click on the appropriate button and then click Set All Cameras. If you select the Motion button, all the schedule bars turn blue;...
  • Page 68 SETTING WEEKDAY, WEEKEND, AND EVERYDAY DEFAULTS MasterControl allows you to easily create one schedule for all weekdays, all week- ends, or all days of the week, as illustrated in the following step-by-step instruc- tions. (If you will create or have already created schedules for special days, be sure to read the following section, “Setting Custom Schedules.”) To create a weekday default schedule, perform the following steps: On the Schedule page tab, click the calendar on any weekday.
  • Page 69 Figure 28 The four options in the Schedule Mode list box allow you to set default or custom schedules. To create an everyday default schedule, perform the following steps: On the Schedule page, click the calendar on any day. At the bottom of the page, create schedule boxes to illustrate your de- fault schedule.
  • Page 70 SETTING CUSTOM SCHEDULES It is simple to set schedules for special days (such as holidays) even if you will or have set a default for weekdays and weekends. To set a custom schedule, perform the following steps: On the Schedule page, click on the day you want to set the schedule for. If the day falls on a month other than the one shown in the calendar, use the drop-down lists to select a new month and/or year (or use the Today button and the arrows to navigate the calendar).
  • Page 71 COPYING ONE DAY’S SCHEDULE TO ANOTHER If you want to copy a certain day’s schedule to another day, perform the following steps: Click on the day that is set to the desired schedule. Place the cursor anywhere on the calendar and right-click. From the menu that appears, choose Copy.
  • Page 72 Also, you should keep MasterControl in the Windows Startup folder (where it is placed during installation) so that it starts when- ever the DVX 1000 system is started. With both features activated, recording restarts in User mode (when power returns) with no password required. Then, if a user needs to log in with Supervisor or Administrator permissions, click the Inte- gral Technologies logo and then the Logon button.
  • Page 73 EXAMPLE—SETTING A TYPICAL SCHEDULE Suppose that your office follows a schedule of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and you want to capture motion events during office hours and alarm events during off hours. On weekends and certain holidays, the office is closed, and you want to capture alarm events those entire days.
  • Page 74 PART II—Setting the weekend default Click on any weekend day in the calendar. Click the Alarm button in the Select Mode area and then click Set All Cameras. This quickly sets all cameras to the Alarm mode for the entire day.
  • Page 75 PART III—Setting holiday schedules Click on a weekend. Then right-click on the calendar and select Copy. Click on a holiday that should follow the weekend schedule. Right-click on the calendar and select Paste. In the Schedule Mode section, choose Custom from the drop-down list. Click Apply.

  • Page 76: Searching For Recorded Video

    SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEO MasterControl provides a search function to allow you to find recorded video. To search for video, you must enter a time period (starting time and stopping time) and the type of video you are looking for (motion events, alarm events, or all video).
  • Page 77 Figure 33 The Search page allows you to locate and view captured video. The search results are then listed at the bottom of the screen, organized on the following tabs: • Day—displays a single result for each camera for each day of the search period.
  • Page 78 On the first three tabs, the information displayed on all tabs includes the camera name; the date and time of the start and finish of the video segment; the number of motion, alarm, and scene loss images; the total number of images captured; and the location of the video (on disk or removable media).
  • Page 79 SMARTSEARCH SmartSearch finds only those portions of a video segment that meet certain user- defined motion criteria. For example, you can highlight specific areas of a camera view and then quickly jump to all motion events that occur in those areas during a video segment.
  • Page 80 of the painted region would have to change for a frame to be played back. Adjust the Sensitivity slider to indicate how much of a block must change from one frame to the next for it to be considered in the Number of Blocks equation.

  • Page 81: Viewing Recorded Video

    VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO After you have found the video you want to view, you can play it back on the Search page with full VCR control. To do this, complete the following steps: Double-click the name (or other information) of the video segment you want to view.
  • Page 82 When playing back alarm events, the actual time during which the alarm occurred is indicated on the counter by the color blue. Other video that may have been captured during each one-minute segment of video is indicated on the counter by the color white.

  • Page 83: Exporting Captured Images And Video

    EXPORTING CAPTURED IMAGES AND VIDEO MasterControl allows you to export still images and video to CDs, DVDs, or net- work drives. To do this, double-click the search result that contains the image or video you want to export and then click the Export button (the blue circle to the right of the VCR controls).

  • Page 84: Using Easy Evidence

    USING EASY EVIDENCE The Easy Evidence feature allows you to quickly export a predefined amount of the most recent video to a CD-RW, DVD-RW, or network drive by pressing the blue square button on the front of the DVX system or double-clicking the blue square icon on the MasterControl icon tray.
  • Page 85 • Maximum Copy Duration. This is the amount of video that the DVX sys- tem attempts to export. If you select Fill Destination Media, the disc or drive is completely filled by the most recent recorded video (or until all video is exported).

  • Page 86: Bookmarking Video

    BOOKMARKING VIDEO Bookmarking allows you to save a set of search parameters for quick access. To bookmark video, perform a search and click Add Bookmark. Enter a name for the bookmark and click OK. The search parameters are then saved on the Bookmark tab;...

  • Page 87: Viewing Disk Usage

    VIEWING DISK USAGE There are two ways to view the amount of available disk space that has been used to store captured video: • Look at the Disk bar on the right side of the status bar. The amount of the available disks that is full is indicated by the length of the blue bar (see Figure 38).

  • Page 88: Viewing The Activity Log

    VIEWING THE ACTIVITY LOG All actions performed on the Setup page are listed in the MasterControl Activity Log. To access this log, click Activity Log on the Users tab of the Setup page. This opens the Activity Log window (see Figure 39). The Activity Log lists all of the most recent Setup page actions.

  • Page 89: Remoteview

    This chapter provides information about RemoteView, an application that allows you to view live and recorded video from a DVX 1000 system on any remote client computer via a network or regular phone line. The following topics are included in this chapter: •...

  • Page 90: Introduction To Remoteview

    INTRODUCTION TO REMOTEVIEW RemoteView is an application that allows you to connect to a DVX 1000 system, view live and recorded video, and configure the system remotely from any remote client computer via a network or regular phone line. The remote client does not need to have MasterControl or any special hardware installed—all it needs is a...

  • Page 91: Installing The Remoteview Software

    INSTALLING THE REMOTEVIEW SOFTWARE RemoteView Server is automatically included in the MasterControl installation; simply leave RemoteView Server running on the DVX 1000 system at all times. To install RemoteView on the remote client, insert the RemoteView CD and choose the components you want to install. (If the disk doesn’t auto run, manually run SETUP.EXE from the CD.) The following components are available:...

  • Page 92: Configuring A Dial-Up Connection

    CONFIGURING A DIAL-UP CONNECTION If your DVX 1000 has a modem installed, you must configure it to accept dial-up connections and then configure the connection from the client computer. The following sections describe these procedures. CONFIGURING THE DVX 1000 SERVER FOR INCOMING CONNECTIONS...
  • Page 93 Access to My Local Area Network. Then select Specify TCP/IP Addresses and enter the following information (when finished, click OK and then Next): From: 192.168.0.1 To: 192.168.0.10 12. Click Finish. Restart the DVX 1000 system. The DVX 1000 system is now ready to accept incoming calls.
  • Page 94 Select the checkbox only for TCP/IP. Deselect all other checkboxes. Click OK. USING THE DIAL-UP CONNECTION To connect to the DVX 1000 system, complete the following steps on the client computer: Double-click the icon for the dial-up connection you created in the previ- ous procedure.

  • Page 95: Running The Remoteview Software

    Yes, you are asked to enter the following information (see Figure 41): • Server Name—a name for the DVX 1000 system. This name is used only by the client computer on which the name is entered. The name can be any combination of numbers, letters, and symbols.

  • Page 96: Important Information About Passwords

    Figure 41 The Server Configu- ration window is used to identify DVX 1000 systems to connect to using RemoteView. • Default Scale— the default quality of video displayed for this server. • Find—opens the Find Servers window. See “The Servers Page” for a complete description of this feature.

  • Page 97: Overview Of The Remoteview Screen

    These pages are described in the following sections. RemoteView contains an additional page if you installed the transac- tional data interface and you are connected to a DVX 1000 server with the transactional data server software installed. See the sepa-...

  • Page 98: The Servers Page

    You can connect to multiple servers simultaneously. To log on to a server as a different user, double-click the server name and enter a new username and password. Figure 43 The Servers page manages your connections to DVX 1000 systems.
  • Page 99 Find Servers. This opens the Find Servers window (see Figure 44). Enter the first three sets of numbers of an IP address and click Search. All DVX 1000 systems detected in that IP range are then listed by address. Select any system to view configuration and identification information about the system.

  • Page 100: The Monitor Page

    THE MONITOR PAGE The Monitor page allows you to view live video from any of the servers you are currently connected to. To access the Monitor page, click the Monitor button on the toolbar. The Monitor page contains the following sections (see Figure 45): •...
  • Page 101 To determine which cameras are displayed in each window configuration, com- plete the following steps: Select a video window configuration from the toolbar. Expand the camera tree by clicking the plus next to each server name. This lists all cameras available on each server. Click on a camera name and drag it into one of the video windows.
  • Page 102 CAMERA DISPLAY TOURS Saved camera view configurations can be used to create tours. To create a tour, complete the following steps: Select Tours from the Config menu and click New. Select the first view in the tour on the left and click the right arrows to move it to the right.
  • Page 103 OTHER MONITOR PAGE FEATURES The Monitor page also includes the following features: • To display the camera name and time on a video window, right-click the window and select Overlay (or select Overlay and On from the View menu to turn on overlay for all windows with video). •...
  • Page 104 PLAYBACK BAR The playback bar allows you to view recorded video from multiple cameras and servers. To use the playback bar, perform a search (as explained in the next sec- tion), select Playback Bar from the View menu on the Monitor page, select a search result, and then use the VCR buttons to view the video (see Figure 47).
  • Page 105 PTZ control or a preset button. • Auxiliary. This is unused with DVX 1000 systems. • Start Pattern. This starts a pattern of preset camera positions config- ured for the PTZ camera in the top-left video window. Patterns are con- figured on the PTZ tab on the MasterControl Setup page.

  • Page 106: The Search Page

    THE SEARCH PAGE The Search page allows you to search for recorded video from selected cameras and servers. To access the Search page, click the Search button on the toolbar (see Figure 49). SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEO To search for recorded video, complete the following steps on the Remote Search tab: In the first field in the From area, enter the starting date (month/day/ year) of your search period by clicking the numbers and typing your...
  • Page 107 Figure 49 The Search page allows you to locate and view recorded video from DVX 1000 servers. DOWNLOADING AND VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO To download and view recorded video using RemoteView, you must first com- plete a search as described in the previous section. To view the video files, com- plete the following steps: Click on the information for the search record that you want to view;...
  • Page 108 OTHER SEARCH PAGE FEATURES SmartSearch in RemoteView (see Figure 50) is similar to SmartSearch in MasterControl. For information on using SmartSearch, see the “Searching for Re- corded Video” section of the “MasterControl Operation” chapter. The Search page also contains an Image Enhancement tab, which allows you to control the brightness and contrast during playback of recorded video.
  • Page 109 EXPORTING INDIVIDUAL IMAGES RemoteView allows you to export individual recorded images with timestamps in bitmap or JPEG format. To do this, complete the following steps: Click on the search result that contains the image you want to export so that it is displayed in the view screen. Play back the video segment until you locate the image you want to ex- port.
  • Page 110 EXPORTING VIDEO RemoteView allows you to export recorded video clips as XPress Video, AVI, or self-extracting executable files. To do this, complete the following steps: Click on the search result you want to export so that it is displayed in the view screen.

  • Page 111: The Setup Page

    RemoteView but have not yet been applied to the DVX 1000 server. All changes made to a DVX 1000 server that is not recording are applied immediately.
  • Page 112 • Throttle—an option that allows you to limit the bandwidth used to com- municate to the DVX 1000 system from all client computers. To limit band- width usage, select Enable Data Rate Throttling and enter the maximum data transfer rate (in bytes per second). Click Apply when finished. Video from the DVX 1000 system is transmitted at the fastest possible rate al- lowed for the connection.
  • Page 113 Log File—a button that allows you to download the log file from the DVX 1000 system. This file is a list of users who have connected to the DVX 1000 system, along with the time and date of the connection. Click- ing Download Log File allows you to save the file locally or elsewhere on the network.

  • Page 114: The Alarms Page

    THE ALARMS PAGE To install or upgrade RemoteView to include the Alarms page, select Note RemoteView Alarm Management Page when asked which components you would like to install. The Alarms page contains a list of all alarm events that have occurred on a server since you last connected to it (see Figure 53).

  • Page 115: The Schedule Page

    MasterControl. The only difference in RemoteView is the lack of the Auto Run Schedule option. For a complete description of this page, see the “MasterControl Operation” chapter in this manual. Figure 54 The Schedule page allows you to remotely set record- ing schedules on the DVX 1000 system.

  • Page 116: Remoteview Server Settings

    REMOTEVIEW SERVER SETTINGS The Setup page in MasterControl on the DVX 1000 system allows you to control several RemoteView connection options. See the “RemoteView Server Settings” section of the “MasterControl Configuration” chapter for more information.

  • Page 117: Appendix A: Plug-Ins And Utilities

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  • Page 118: Introduction To Dvx 1000 Plug-Ins

    INTRODUCTION TO DVX 1000 PLUG-INS DVX 1000 plug-ins are standalone applications that provide increased functional- ity to a DVX 1000 system. The following plug-ins are available for DVX 1000 sys- tems: • DVXMonitor. This plug-in controls the watchdog, which protects your DVX system in the event of several types of failures or unauthorized actions.

  • Page 119: Dvxmonitor Plug-In

    DVXMONITOR PLUG-IN DVXMonitor is a plug-in that controls the DVX 1000 watchdog, which protects your DVX 1000 system in the event of several types of failures or unauthorized actions. If a selected condition or an unauthorized action occurs, the system is restarted and/or the normally closed alarm output is triggered.
  • Page 120 Latch Until Forced—causes the alarm output to remain activated when a selected event occurs, until Reset Alarm Output is selected. • Alarm Scheduling—a schedule of when the DVX 1000 system is moni- tored for failure by DVXMonitor. Figure 57 The DVXMonitor...
  • Page 121 Stop Record Button. Stop was selected on the MasterControl Sched- ule page. • Hard Disk Failure. A DVX 1000 hard disk has created an error in the Windows event log with “Disk” or “NTFS” as the source. • MasterControl is Dead. The MasterControl application locked up.

  • Page 122: Motionalarm Plug-In

    MOTIONALARM PLUG-IN The MotionAlarm plug-in activates the DVX 1000 output trigger from its normally open state when a motion event occurs within user-defined parameters. Each cam- era input is set individually to be monitored by the plug-in. MotionAlarm is in- stalled on all DVX 1000 systems.
  • Page 123 Figure 59 The MotionAlarm tab allows you to configure the DVX 1000 output trigger to activate when a motion event occurs. Select the Minimum Latch Time—the minimum amount of time, in sec- onds, for the alarm output to be activated when the consecutive motion frames threshold is reached.
  • Page 124 The MotionAlarm plug-in also offers the following features: • Reset Alarm Output—deactivates the alarm output by returning it to its normally open state. Use this if the latch time is disabled or if you want to acknowledge an alarm before the latch time expires. •...

  • Page 125: Dvxnotify Plug-In

    The DVXNotify plug-in monitors a DVX 1000 system for certain conditions or actions. If such a condition or action occurs, DVXNotify can send an email and/or trigger the normally open alarm output. DVXNotify is installed on all DVX 1000 systems.
  • Page 126 Enter a name (this will identify the email to recipients) and the email address of the server. Then enter a mail server that the DVX 1000 system can connect to and the server’s port number. Click OK to close the win- dow.
  • Page 127 The following events can be monitored for this purpose: • Alarm Input Activation and Alarm Input Deactivation. This refers to the triggering and resetting of the DVX 1000 alarm inputs, as config- ured in MasterControl. Select which alarm inputs are monitored by DVXNotify.
  • Page 128 If you select a Frequency other than Real-Time Email, events are queued for inclusion in the next scheduled email message. However, the message queue can hold no more than 50 events; additional events Note are discarded and never reported in an email message. When the next email is sent and the queue is emptied, up to 50 ensuing events are then queued for the next email.
  • Page 129 ALARM OUTPUT NOTIFICATION To configure which events cause DVXNotify to trigger the normally open alarm output, complete the following steps (you must be logged on to MasterControl with Administrator or Supervisor permissions): Open the Plugin Properties window by clicking the MCPlugin icon in the system tray, and then select the DVXNotify tab (refer to Figure 60).
  • Page 130 In the tree on the right side of the tab, select from the following condi- tions and actions that can trigger the alarm output: • Alarm Activation. Select the alarm inputs for DVXNotify to monitor for activation. If the Minimum Latch Time equals zero, the alarm out- put is triggered until the alarm input is deactivated.

  • Page 131: Introduction To Dvx 1000 Utilities

    The Easy Evidence feature allows you to quickly export a predefined amount of the most recent video to a CD-RW, DVD-RW, or network drive by pressing the blue square button on the front of the DVX 1000 system or double-clicking the blue square icon in the MasterControl icon tray.

  • Page 132: The Setup Utility

    • Network. This tab allows you to rename the DVX 1000 system and as- sign it to a workgroup. You can also select the network adapter, change the IP address, and keep certain TCP and UDP ports open (see Figure 64).

  • Page 133: Appendix B: Synchronizing Dvx 1000 Clocks

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  • Page 134 You must reconfigure the Time Service if you want to do one of the following: To configure a DVX 1000 component to point to a source or master source com- puter, complete the following steps on the component (you must have access to the Windows Desktop): From the Start menu, open Programs, Accessories, and Command Prompt.

  • Page 135: Appendix C: Technical Support And Certifications

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  • Page 136: Technical Support

    This web site contains Frequently Asked Questions and other useful information about your DVX 1000 product. If you need additional help with your DVX 1000 hardware or MasterControl soft- ware, please have the following information available: • The version number of MasterControl (click the Integral Technologies logo in the application to see this number).
  • Page 137 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT The DVX 1000 system’s compression board contains incidental radio frequency- generating circuitry and, if not installed and used properly, may cause interfer- ence to radio and television reception. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules.

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